#neverwin

[lordfentongaming]

Neverwinter 2023 MMO Chronicles Acquisitions Incorporated Adventure Rena...

[jos-has-too-many-hobbies]

Alright, for today's Hermit a Day I decided I'd finish this old oneshot from @saphushia's phantom etho au, so here ya go

Goodness How’d it Get so Late?

“So, like, we can all agree that Etho is… strange, right?”

“Mumbo, you’re gonna have to be more specific than that,’ Grian rolled his eyes and stifled a yawn. “Strange is like, Etho's middle name or something.” 

“Well yeah, I know, it’s just-” Mumbo tried (and failed) to stifle his own yawn, “he’s just been a lot stranger lately. Like, I keep seeing him at night, and he just stares at me, he almost seems angry or annoyed.”

“Mate, I don’t think ‘staring at you’ counts as particularly strange, I mean, this is Etho we’re talking about, he’s done a lot stranger things than that. When did this start happening anyway?” 

“Uh, I think I first saw him a couple days after we started this whole Mooner thing, but it was weird, it was like he was trying to stay right at the edge of my vision. Oh- oh and he, like,  had wings? I think? And he was all bony, like a skeleton, but… not a skeleton?”

“Mhm, and you’re sure this isn’t, like, some sleep deprivation hallucination then?” Grian asked, raising his eyebrows. 

“Uh, I’m not- I don’t…think so?”

“Wow, you sound very sure of yourself there.”

“Well you- you’ve sown the seeds of doubt now, you have!” Mumbo cried with mock indignation. “Y’know what, yeah, I am one-hundred and twenty percent sure of myself actually, and there’s nothing you can say to make me doubt myself again, you hear?”

“Sure, sure, and y’know what? I’ll believe you on this one.”

“Wait, really?”

“Yeah, I believe, that you believe, that you keep seeing a vaguely menacing Etho with wings out of the corner of your eye.”

“Gosh, that means a lot G,” it was Mumbo’s turn to roll his eyes now.

“Anyway, speaking of sleep deprivation,” Grian continued, unphased, “have you heard the phantoms recently?”

“Wait, do you mean the laughing?”

“Yeah, exactly, glad it’s not just me hearing that,”  Grian shook his head and sighed, “Honestly it’s getting kind of annoying, like first you try to kill me for not sleeping, and now you’re distracting me with this creepy laugh? It seems a bit counterintuitive honestly, I mean, who’s gonna be able to sleep with all that noise?”

“Wait a sec, mate,” Mumbo’s eyes went wide, and he practically jumped out of his seat. 

“What?”

“Y’know who’s laughing the phantoms sound like?”

“Who’s?”

Mumbo paused, for dramatic effect, before he whispered, “Etho’s.”

Grian stared at him for a moment, blinked, and the two men burst out laughing. 

Above Boatem, Etho chuckled to himself as he circled Treesa. He swooped lower, and gently landed atop the van, so as not to alert the two exhausted men below him. Not yet, at least. Spying on the sleep deprived dorks over in Boatem had recently become one of his favorite pastimes. It was just too easy, y’know? Etho waited for a lull in the conversation, before leaping into the air and cackling shrilly. As he swooped back around he heard a loud thud against the roof of the van and a yelp, followed by a very disgruntled Mumbo shouting.

Flying back toward his base, Etho pulled out his comm.

<Etho>  mumbo and grian haven’t slept in over a week and they’re convinced I’m a hallucination

<Etho> #neverwinning ;-)

<VintageBeef> I hate u

[goldenkid]

btw if fourteen gets to kiss a man i will kill myself do you know how hard i was manifesting 13 to have graphic onscreen sex every episode BUT THE LESBIANS NEVERWIN THANKS FOR NOTHING CHRIS

[qskeppy]

BITES YOU IM WATCHING TNTDUO BABEYYY

i literally can neverwin 😕

[cortexreaver]

neverwiner night

[dudenukem]

Probably an unwinnable staring contest but I keep asking for the rematch anyway. Contact the good folks at @paradigmgs for personal staring inquiries . . . . #neverwin #borntolose #borntovoid #avoidthenoid #collageart #illustration #tunnelvision photo by the one and only @thatchinesekid

[doyoustaytrue]

Racing your dogs into bed to try and fight for at least a corner of your bed and a small chunk of the blanket.

[gobuga]

Canonballs2, 2018, Peter Franck 300 x 120 cm, Edition 3, fine art print

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[sparklestoni]

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[marytonomura]

#Splendor ¿por qué sigo jugando esto? 😔 #sinconocerlavictoria #neverwin #boardgames #boardgamesofinstagram #juegodemesa (en San Nicolás de los Garza) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Akd8zhHKo/?igshid=1jcerqpyqgrsq

[mrfluro23]

[yunyi80-blog]

Bruh really! 😂💯❗ Is he in Space jam or just in Space? 😂🌠 #lakers #lakersnation #netsnation #lebron6 #neverwin #clippers https://www.instagram.com/p/BzweBfmpXor/?igshid=46z67jnjewlt

[mecasasucasa]

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[funkypickens]

#rings #neverwin https://www.instagram.com/p/BukuD6Tlv_6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nl3yzxqskg9u

[skymade]

@neverwinning​, continued from here

LIAM finished his bottle of kavlurian sake, pushed himself up from his chair, and checked his blastergun. yes, yes, he had h e a r d willow’s words. as he looked down at his gun the urge of arresting willow and finally handing her over appeared in his head, but he quickly shoved it aside again. they had struck up a deal and he kept to his word. however, nothing like that existed with the famous angel lady.

“i am starting to get grey hair, so better it’s over soon before it becomes too late.”

   Murky green eyes were staring excitably over at the dude that’s been hunting her for a while. She was beaming, even though... “Gonna be like... honest. Y’know. Instead of Willow, for a minute. Ha-- uh... I have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about.” 

   Not a single idea. Not a one.

   “But hey! Isn’t this fun!” Scarred arm loops around his shoulders, and she nearly sits atop of him in her excitement. “Working on the same side? Both on Team A, instead of you being on Team B? I’m glad you’re on my team! This is exciting, right?” 

[vuulpecula]

      “Mr. Medina,” Alexei hardly looked up from the papers he was pouring over ( shipment records from the east ). He hated the way foreign names tasted in his mouth, too short, too void of the richness he saw within his own heritage. “My daughter has told me you protected her previously on American soil.” He spat the word like acid in his mouth, hating that another man had even needed to act, and owing him a lifetime of debt. “She has asked me to offer you a position here,” he leaned back, finally observing the stranger. His hands left his desk, one resting on his own thigh, the other placing itself on Fox’s knee. She sat beside him, his daughter, his protegee. The only heir he trusted with his empire. 

      “I confess I was suspicious when she returned with a man.” Fox kept her gaze on the table between them. Fearful that he father would see right through Liam. She did not yet know him well enough to trust his ability to lie. “So tell me, Mr. Medina, what else can you offer me.” Fox had pleaded with him for hours, assuring him that there was nothing between her and the stranger. She’d been foolish before, tried to run away with one of his men when she was younger. Alexei had him bathed in acid. It took him hours to die. Fox had no idea. 

      “Go on, speak.” 

alexei starter for @neverwinning